Political Quotes

“I told them about my experience serving in the Congress. I have served in the House, and I have served in the Senate. It is not like when I practiced law. When I practiced law, you put everything in writing. We do not do that in the Congress. We do not do that in the Senate. Your word is your bond. If a Republican Senator or a Democratic Senator--it does not matter--if you tell them you are going to do something, that is the way it is. To show how powerful and important that is, Alan Bible was a Senator from Nevada who served 20 years and became ill. He retired. When he passed away--there was a plane that was always available to take Senators to funerals. The plane was scheduled to go to Nevada so Senators could attend Alan Bible's funeral. There was a Republican on that airplane, Ted Stevens. The reason he was on that airplane was there was a vote very important to Ted Stevens dealing with Alaskan oil. Alan Bible had given his word he was going to vote with Ted Stevens. There was tremendous pressure on Alan Bible. Alan Bible's vote was the essential vote, and he withstood all the pressure and voted with Ted Stevens. That is the reason Ted Stevens went to Reno, NV: to honor the life of Alan Bible because he kept his word. That is what we do in this Senate. We keep our word.”